The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Pavel Iakovlevich Meshik

Meshik, Pavel Iakovlevich

Lieutenant-General

* 1910

† 23rd of December 1953

(NKVD)

(Павел Яковлевич Мешик)

Promotions

1939-02-25 Captain of State Security
1939-09-04 Major of State Security
1941-03-06 Senior Major of State Security
1943-05-26 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-09-XX 1940-03-XX Chief of Investigation Section, Main Economic Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1940-03-XX 1941-02-XX Chief of 1st Section, Main Economic Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-02-XX 1941-07-XX People's Commissar of State Security Ukraine SSR
1941-07-XX 1943-04-XX Head of Main Economic Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-09-05 1941-11-10 Head 7th Spetsodel Mortar Production, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1943-04-XX 1945-12-XX Deputy Head of Main Counter-Intelligence Directorate SMERSH, People's Commissariat of Defence
1945-01-XX 1945-07-XX Plenipotentiary of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD by 1st Ukrainian Front
1945-03-XX 1945-04-XX Adviser to the Polish Ministry of State Security
1945-05-XX 1945-07-XX Deputy Commander in Chief 1st Ukrainian Front
1945-08-XX 1946-03-XX Deputy Head of 1st Main Directorate, Council of People's Commissars
1946-03-XX 1953-03-XX Deputy Head of 1st Main Directorate, Council of Ministers
1953-03-XX Acting Chief Investigator of Special Cases, Ministry of Internal Affairs MVD
1953-03-XX 1953-06-XX Minister of Internal Affairs Ukraine
1953-06-30 1953-12-23 Arrested
1953-12-23 Condemned to death and executed
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin